The Latitude-Frequency Structure of Pacific Sea Level Variance
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- 1 December 1987
- journal article
- Published by American Meteorological Society in Journal of Physical Oceanography
- Vol. 17 (12) , 2362-2365
- https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0485(1987)017<2362:tlfsop>2.0.co;2
Abstract
We report an unprecedented description of the latitudinal structure of tropical Pacific Ocean sea level variability for time scales between 3 and 100 days. A plot of calculated sea level variance latitude and frequency is described and exposes a rich variety of phenomena. We find signals due to the fortnightly tide, equatorial waves, zonal current instabilities, and atmospheric forcing.Keywords
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